Chapter two: You want to go where?

'Oh good its about to start,' Julianna thought as she raced to the TV getting off the computer just in time. Her favorite show had been for months. Longer than any of the other's lasted. There was just something about THIS series that just seemed to pull her in. It was late at night and their son had been to sleep for hours. But it was so much more fun to watch it right before bed even if it did push back her bed time by two hours. She was getting by jut fine with 7 hours. However Duncan disagreed.

"Love come to bed," her husband called to her as he emerged from the hallway.

"Ah, hunny my fav show is on you know that," she half whined. Duncan chuckled. This conversation took place weekly. He shrugged. "Then tape it dear, and get to bed at a decent hour. It's one in the morning."

Julianna groaned. "But you know I like to watch it now!" She continued her pouting. Duncan snorted but gave in as usual.

"Alright Jules but remember I DID try to get you to come to bed..." He turned and heard her groan again. He chuckled low in his chest and continued to bed.

"You don't play fair," she called but didn't come. She rolled her eyes and ungrumped as the opening sequence started. 'Yes!' she thought, 'finally! INUYASHA!'

Duncan shook his head as he felt her joy as the program begin. His link he was used to as she was. It seemed they developed it the minute they met and could not seem to be without each other for with out longing so that it might turn their moods. And emotions strong enough to move thru their link were things to pay attention to. Duncan seemed to have mastered the use of the link with ease even developing certain ways to hide a certain something from his love. Something that made him leery of this new cartoon she so religiously watched, something that was safer if she not know. She seemed oblivious to anything but the normal world around her. And he planned to let her keep that view for as long as possible. It was uncanny though for a woman who seemed so out of touch with anything beyond what she saw and perceived with her senses, a lot of trouble found her. And not of the normal type either. He had a feeling that felt something deep in their connection that underneath all her imagination and heedlessness their was a power that attracted these out of the ordinary things. A power that would most likely get her into some deep trouble that would not be her fault other than being the vessel for the unusual energy that radiated from her old but childish spirit.

He recalled the one time and only time he has seen something of an old recognition in her eyes that might have had to do with that power that laid buried. It had been when he presented her with a flawless why crystal that had come from Japan shortly after their wedding. 'Come to think about it,' he thought, 'that was when this hole obsession began. Slowly at first but it did eventually intensify and become her one and only past time.'

It had been handed down thru the men in their family as a family heirloom for many centuries probably 5 to be more precise, coming from an ancestor in Japan making its way across the sea's to America to the middle of small town Idaho to his family. He suddenly had a feeling these events had been meant to be from long ago and the crystal had not been given to a woman if over 500 years but it has just seemed right to hand it to her like it had always been hers. And now she never took it off. The thought disturbed him slightly. What she had to do with the crystal and Japan he had no clue but the way things were progressing and with her new favorite show he had a feeling things would be progressing towards an answer.

Duncan waited up for his wife laying there with his eyes closed letting his thoughts drift towards more nonsensical things to let his mind unwind. He felt her slide in behind pull her covers up around her shoulders turning away from him probably hoping not to wake him. He turned and kisses her neck and whispered " I love you" in her ear. She smiled and scooted into him snuggled and warm and protected.

"I love you," she whispered back and drifted into dream land.

As their wedding anniversary came closer Julianna began asking for a trip to Japan. She wanted this suddenly more than anything. Duncan was trying to talk her into go anywhere else for his weeks paid vacation that was about the time of their anniversary and she would not give an inch. She had been having odd dreams about demons and priestesses and other things she had seen on the modern world would spurn as imaginary and fantasy. She had related them all to Duncan and he had listened with a casual listening look on his face as he always did with her dreams. But inside he was beginning to worry about this awakening clarity in her dreams that were becoming more and more closer to conscious memories. In the end, as time came closer to their coming yearly celebration of their union, He could supply no good reason to deny her except a bad feeling and a secret he could not tell her yet. He knew nothing would change her feelings for him their bond ensured this however he had no clue how she would take the news, or what the repercussions would be to her and their son's safety if any one but he and his father's side knew. So they decided, all be it grudgingly on Duncan's part, they would go to Japan in two weeks for their anniversary.

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My never ending thanks to Purple rose for letting me use her Fading scars as a starting point for my story. She is a talented writer and my story takes place between chapter's 19 after they defeated Naraku and chapter's 20 when the baby is born. My suggestion is read her wonderful works to mine might make more sense.

A few Japanese words I used:
Miko- Priestess
Shukuun no Gyokuei- crystal of destiny
Shukuun no miko- Priestess of destiny (don't know if they are right so bear with me)
neko- cat
Kuma- bear
youkai- demon
hanyou- half demon, or in this fanfic's case part demon. I couldn't find a word that meant part demon so i used it to mean a 1/4th too.
Koi- love
Kobito- lover
And I think that covers it. For give my spelling its not the best ^_^
I enjoyed writing it hope like reading it please Read and Review!
Thanks, LJ